Waterloo Daily Courier, Waterloo, Iowa, Thursday Feb. 28, 1935, page 1
Train Kills Man in Automobile at Duryea Crossing
Body of D.F. Garrison, 28, Cedar Falls, Thrown Down Black Hawk Creek Bank.
First Traffic Death of Year in Waterloo
Victim Employed at Deere Plant; Widow and Two Sons Survive
Waterloo's first motor fatality of the year was registered at 5:18 p.m. Wednesday when southbound Rock Island passenger No. 64 crashed into an automobile driven by Donald F. Garrison, 28, Cedar Falls, on the Duryea street crossing in Westfield addition.
Garrison's body was thrown about 50 feed down the steep northerly bank to Black Hawk creek. The automobile, a heavy four-door sedan, traveling northeast, was thrown and tumbled down the 20-foot bank to alight on its wheels on the icy creek. The car was badly wrecked.
Neck Broken
Garrison's neck was broken, and he suffered from internal cranial hemorrhages. His body was not marred except for a scratch on the lower left leg. He was killed instantly.
He has just driven out the rear door of the Davis garage, 401 Duryea street, to the front of the building and 50 feet northeast to the intersection. He was alone in the car.
Conductor Albert Meakins, Cedar Rapids, Ia., in charge of the train said the electric warning signals at the intersection were operating. Engineer Frank Devery, also of Cedar Rapids, said the locomotive bell was ringing and whistle had sounded for the intersection.
Started Home
O.P. Davis, garage proprietor, said he had pulled Garrison's car from the parking grounds of the John Deere Tractor company, where Garrison was employed as a machine operator, to check over the motor. Immediately after the trouble was repaired, Garrison had started to drive to his home at 408 West Twentieth street, Cedar Falls.
Coroner Sidney D. Smith, after viewing the scene of the accident, said no inquest would be held.
Train Delayed
Train No. 64 for years left Waterloo at 4:40 pm. Later the time was changed to 4:10 p.m., and recently was changed to 5:25 p.m. The train left Cedar Falls at 5:05 p.m. on time. The train was delayed in Waterloo about 45 minutes.
The pilot of the locomotive was torn loose by the crash.
The automobile which came to rest 80 feet from the crossing in its flight snapped off a seven-foot iron whistle post on the right-of-way.
Man Running Across Trestle
One of the witnesses to the accident was Victor Grubb, 230 Lamson street, who was running across the trestle which spans Black Hawk creek toward Duryea street in order to beat the train.
The theory was advanced in some quarters that Garrison may have been watching Grubb running to escape the train. Another theory advanced was that the setting sun blinded Garrison.
His automobile was removed Thursday from the frozen creek by employes of a Cedar Falls garage.
Four Killed There in 1923
Four persons were killed instantly at the Duryea street crossing Jan. 23, 1923, when an automobile driven by T.B. Carpenter, Cedar Falls, was struck at 10:45 p.m. by a southbound passenger train.
Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter; a 19-year-old girl, Myrtle Frederiksen, who made her home with the Carpenters, and her 16-year-old brother, Emil Frederiksen, Dike, Ia., were the victims.
Wreckage and bodies were strewn along the track for several hundred feet.
Former Resident of Odelwein
Donald F. Garrison was born Nov. 17, 1906, at Shell Rock, Ia. He had lived practically all his life at Oelwein, Ia., prior to 10 years ago, when the family moved to Cedar Falls.
In 1931 he married Frances Beck, of Marshalltown, Ia., at Galena, Ill. They had made their home in Cedar Falls since their marriage.
Surviving are the widow, two sons, Donald Dean, 2; and Paul William, 1; his mother, Mrs. Maude Garrison, 310 Grant street, Cedar Falls; two brothers, Paul and Robert, at home, and three sisters, Zelpha and Dorothy, at home and Mrs. Merle Foxx, Odelwein.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 pm. Saturday at the Brown chapel, Cedar Falls, by Rev. Z.K. Russell, pastor of First Christian church there. Interment will be in Greenwood cemetery in Cedar Falls.
Train Kills Man in Automobile at Duryea Crossing
Body of D.F. Garrison, 28, Cedar Falls, Thrown Down Black Hawk Creek Bank.
First Traffic Death of Year in Waterloo
Victim Employed at Deere Plant; Widow and Two Sons Survive
Waterloo's first motor fatality of the year was registered at 5:18 p.m. Wednesday when southbound Rock Island passenger No. 64 crashed into an automobile driven by Donald F. Garrison, 28, Cedar Falls, on the Duryea street crossing in Westfield addition.
Garrison's body was thrown about 50 feed down the steep northerly bank to Black Hawk creek. The automobile, a heavy four-door sedan, traveling northeast, was thrown and tumbled down the 20-foot bank to alight on its wheels on the icy creek. The car was badly wrecked.
Neck Broken
Garrison's neck was broken, and he suffered from internal cranial hemorrhages. His body was not marred except for a scratch on the lower left leg. He was killed instantly.
He has just driven out the rear door of the Davis garage, 401 Duryea street, to the front of the building and 50 feet northeast to the intersection. He was alone in the car.
Conductor Albert Meakins, Cedar Rapids, Ia., in charge of the train said the electric warning signals at the intersection were operating. Engineer Frank Devery, also of Cedar Rapids, said the locomotive bell was ringing and whistle had sounded for the intersection.
Started Home
O.P. Davis, garage proprietor, said he had pulled Garrison's car from the parking grounds of the John Deere Tractor company, where Garrison was employed as a machine operator, to check over the motor. Immediately after the trouble was repaired, Garrison had started to drive to his home at 408 West Twentieth street, Cedar Falls.
Coroner Sidney D. Smith, after viewing the scene of the accident, said no inquest would be held.
Train Delayed
Train No. 64 for years left Waterloo at 4:40 pm. Later the time was changed to 4:10 p.m., and recently was changed to 5:25 p.m. The train left Cedar Falls at 5:05 p.m. on time. The train was delayed in Waterloo about 45 minutes.
The pilot of the locomotive was torn loose by the crash.
The automobile which came to rest 80 feet from the crossing in its flight snapped off a seven-foot iron whistle post on the right-of-way.
Man Running Across Trestle
One of the witnesses to the accident was Victor Grubb, 230 Lamson street, who was running across the trestle which spans Black Hawk creek toward Duryea street in order to beat the train.
The theory was advanced in some quarters that Garrison may have been watching Grubb running to escape the train. Another theory advanced was that the setting sun blinded Garrison.
His automobile was removed Thursday from the frozen creek by employes of a Cedar Falls garage.
Four Killed There in 1923
Four persons were killed instantly at the Duryea street crossing Jan. 23, 1923, when an automobile driven by T.B. Carpenter, Cedar Falls, was struck at 10:45 p.m. by a southbound passenger train.
Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter; a 19-year-old girl, Myrtle Frederiksen, who made her home with the Carpenters, and her 16-year-old brother, Emil Frederiksen, Dike, Ia., were the victims.
Wreckage and bodies were strewn along the track for several hundred feet.
Former Resident of Odelwein
Donald F. Garrison was born Nov. 17, 1906, at Shell Rock, Ia. He had lived practically all his life at Oelwein, Ia., prior to 10 years ago, when the family moved to Cedar Falls.
In 1931 he married Frances Beck, of Marshalltown, Ia., at Galena, Ill. They had made their home in Cedar Falls since their marriage.
Surviving are the widow, two sons, Donald Dean, 2; and Paul William, 1; his mother, Mrs. Maude Garrison, 310 Grant street, Cedar Falls; two brothers, Paul and Robert, at home, and three sisters, Zelpha and Dorothy, at home and Mrs. Merle Foxx, Odelwein.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 pm. Saturday at the Brown chapel, Cedar Falls, by Rev. Z.K. Russell, pastor of First Christian church there. Interment will be in Greenwood cemetery in Cedar Falls.
Waterloo Daily Courier, Waterloo, Iowa, Thursday Feb. 28, 1935, page 1
Train Kills Man in Automobile at Duryea Crossing
Body of D.F. Garrison, 28, Cedar Falls, Thrown Down Black Hawk Creek Bank.
First Traffic Death of Year in Waterloo
Victim Employed at Deere Plant; Widow and Two Sons Survive
Waterloo's first motor fatality of the year was registered at 5:18 p.m. Wednesday when southbound Rock Island passenger No. 64 crashed into an automobile driven by Donald F. Garrison, 28, Cedar Falls, on the Duryea street crossing in Westfield addition.
Garrison's body was thrown about 50 feed down the steep northerly bank to Black Hawk creek. The automobile, a heavy four-door sedan, traveling northeast, was thrown and tumbled down the 20-foot bank to alight on its wheels on the icy creek. The car was badly wrecked.
Neck Broken
Garrison's neck was broken, and he suffered from internal cranial hemorrhages. His body was not marred except for a scratch on the lower left leg. He was killed instantly.
He has just driven out the rear door of the Davis garage, 401 Duryea street, to the front of the building and 50 feet northeast to the intersection. He was alone in the car.
Conductor Albert Meakins, Cedar Rapids, Ia., in charge of the train said the electric warning signals at the intersection were operating. Engineer Frank Devery, also of Cedar Rapids, said the locomotive bell was ringing and whistle had sounded for the intersection.
Started Home
O.P. Davis, garage proprietor, said he had pulled Garrison's car from the parking grounds of the John Deere Tractor company, where Garrison was employed as a machine operator, to check over the motor. Immediately after the trouble was repaired, Garrison had started to drive to his home at 408 West Twentieth street, Cedar Falls.
Coroner Sidney D. Smith, after viewing the scene of the accident, said no inquest would be held.
Train Delayed
Train No. 64 for years left Waterloo at 4:40 pm. Later the time was changed to 4:10 p.m., and recently was changed to 5:25 p.m. The train left Cedar Falls at 5:05 p.m. on time. The train was delayed in Waterloo about 45 minutes.
The pilot of the locomotive was torn loose by the crash.
The automobile which came to rest 80 feet from the crossing in its flight snapped off a seven-foot iron whistle post on the right-of-way.
Man Running Across Trestle
One of the witnesses to the accident was Victor Grubb, 230 Lamson street, who was running across the trestle which spans Black Hawk creek toward Duryea street in order to beat the train.
The theory was advanced in some quarters that Garrison may have been watching Grubb running to escape the train. Another theory advanced was that the setting sun blinded Garrison.
His automobile was removed Thursday from the frozen creek by employes of a Cedar Falls garage.
Four Killed There in 1923
Four persons were killed instantly at the Duryea street crossing Jan. 23, 1923, when an automobile driven by T.B. Carpenter, Cedar Falls, was struck at 10:45 p.m. by a southbound passenger train.
Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter; a 19-year-old girl, Myrtle Frederiksen, who made her home with the Carpenters, and her 16-year-old brother, Emil Frederiksen, Dike, Ia., were the victims.
Wreckage and bodies were strewn along the track for several hundred feet.
Former Resident of Odelwein
Donald F. Garrison was born Nov. 17, 1906, at Shell Rock, Ia. He had lived practically all his life at Oelwein, Ia., prior to 10 years ago, when the family moved to Cedar Falls.
In 1931 he married Frances Beck, of Marshalltown, Ia., at Galena, Ill. They had made their home in Cedar Falls since their marriage.
Surviving are the widow, two sons, Donald Dean, 2; and Paul William, 1; his mother, Mrs. Maude Garrison, 310 Grant street, Cedar Falls; two brothers, Paul and Robert, at home, and three sisters, Zelpha and Dorothy, at home and Mrs. Merle Foxx, Odelwein.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 pm. Saturday at the Brown chapel, Cedar Falls, by Rev. Z.K. Russell, pastor of First Christian church there. Interment will be in Greenwood cemetery in Cedar Falls.
Train Kills Man in Automobile at Duryea Crossing
Body of D.F. Garrison, 28, Cedar Falls, Thrown Down Black Hawk Creek Bank.
First Traffic Death of Year in Waterloo
Victim Employed at Deere Plant; Widow and Two Sons Survive
Waterloo's first motor fatality of the year was registered at 5:18 p.m. Wednesday when southbound Rock Island passenger No. 64 crashed into an automobile driven by Donald F. Garrison, 28, Cedar Falls, on the Duryea street crossing in Westfield addition.
Garrison's body was thrown about 50 feed down the steep northerly bank to Black Hawk creek. The automobile, a heavy four-door sedan, traveling northeast, was thrown and tumbled down the 20-foot bank to alight on its wheels on the icy creek. The car was badly wrecked.
Neck Broken
Garrison's neck was broken, and he suffered from internal cranial hemorrhages. His body was not marred except for a scratch on the lower left leg. He was killed instantly.
He has just driven out the rear door of the Davis garage, 401 Duryea street, to the front of the building and 50 feet northeast to the intersection. He was alone in the car.
Conductor Albert Meakins, Cedar Rapids, Ia., in charge of the train said the electric warning signals at the intersection were operating. Engineer Frank Devery, also of Cedar Rapids, said the locomotive bell was ringing and whistle had sounded for the intersection.
Started Home
O.P. Davis, garage proprietor, said he had pulled Garrison's car from the parking grounds of the John Deere Tractor company, where Garrison was employed as a machine operator, to check over the motor. Immediately after the trouble was repaired, Garrison had started to drive to his home at 408 West Twentieth street, Cedar Falls.
Coroner Sidney D. Smith, after viewing the scene of the accident, said no inquest would be held.
Train Delayed
Train No. 64 for years left Waterloo at 4:40 pm. Later the time was changed to 4:10 p.m., and recently was changed to 5:25 p.m. The train left Cedar Falls at 5:05 p.m. on time. The train was delayed in Waterloo about 45 minutes.
The pilot of the locomotive was torn loose by the crash.
The automobile which came to rest 80 feet from the crossing in its flight snapped off a seven-foot iron whistle post on the right-of-way.
Man Running Across Trestle
One of the witnesses to the accident was Victor Grubb, 230 Lamson street, who was running across the trestle which spans Black Hawk creek toward Duryea street in order to beat the train.
The theory was advanced in some quarters that Garrison may have been watching Grubb running to escape the train. Another theory advanced was that the setting sun blinded Garrison.
His automobile was removed Thursday from the frozen creek by employes of a Cedar Falls garage.
Four Killed There in 1923
Four persons were killed instantly at the Duryea street crossing Jan. 23, 1923, when an automobile driven by T.B. Carpenter, Cedar Falls, was struck at 10:45 p.m. by a southbound passenger train.
Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter; a 19-year-old girl, Myrtle Frederiksen, who made her home with the Carpenters, and her 16-year-old brother, Emil Frederiksen, Dike, Ia., were the victims.
Wreckage and bodies were strewn along the track for several hundred feet.
Former Resident of Odelwein
Donald F. Garrison was born Nov. 17, 1906, at Shell Rock, Ia. He had lived practically all his life at Oelwein, Ia., prior to 10 years ago, when the family moved to Cedar Falls.
In 1931 he married Frances Beck, of Marshalltown, Ia., at Galena, Ill. They had made their home in Cedar Falls since their marriage.
Surviving are the widow, two sons, Donald Dean, 2; and Paul William, 1; his mother, Mrs. Maude Garrison, 310 Grant street, Cedar Falls; two brothers, Paul and Robert, at home, and three sisters, Zelpha and Dorothy, at home and Mrs. Merle Foxx, Odelwein.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 pm. Saturday at the Brown chapel, Cedar Falls, by Rev. Z.K. Russell, pastor of First Christian church there. Interment will be in Greenwood cemetery in Cedar Falls.
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